I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

“I can’t go back. It’s like I’m trapped in Evergreen City. As soon as I leave the area of ​​Evergreen City, I’m pulled back.” Officer Sassoon shrugged. Heath scratched his head. It seems that Officer Sassoon has become a bound spirit.

Just as Heath was about to ask something more, the street became more crowded, and Officer Jenny waved to him with a smile before disappearing from Heath's sight.

"Really... now that she's been exposed, she's not going to hide it anymore?" Heath shook her head, both amused and exasperated. This Officer Jenny was quite an interesting ghost. But being able to wander around such a peaceful Evergreen City every day, could it be considered that Officer Jenny had fulfilled her wish?

Chapter 111 Stooped Back

Heath soon didn't have time to think about these issues anymore, because the morning rush hour was approaching and there were more pedestrians on the street. Although it was still humid today, at least there was no thick fog or cold wave, so some people gathered in front of Heath's food truck to buy food.

Meanwhile, Heath quickly woke up Farfetch'd, who had fainted from fright. After Farfetch'd didn't see Officer Jenny's terrifying appearance, he became much more normal, which made Heath both laugh and cry. This little guy is really timid.

"Trainer, Trainer! You know what? When Officer Jenny came over just now, I thought she was a boy!" Zoroya squatted down next to Hiss happily and said with a smile.

"Oh? Why?" Heath handed the jianbing guozi to the customer, took the money, and then asked himself the same question.

"Because I once read a novel where the male protagonist was in love with his dragon, but a male friend found out and then threatened him," Zoroia said mysteriously.

"Alright, you can shut up now. I don't want to hear the rest." Hiss spread out the pancakes. He already guessed what Zoroya was going to say. That male friend was probably also eyeing the Magmar and planning to have a trainer break in.

"And then, that male friend forced the male protagonist to change into a sailor uniform and have sex with him~" Zorua said smugly. Heath was stunned for a moment and almost smashed an egg on Farfetch'd's head.

Heath gave Soloar a strange look. What kind of weird novels had this guy read? Why would any author write such bizarre stuff? Although the human XP system is supposed to be free, Heath thought the author of that book should probably see a doctor.

"When I find a super-powered legendary Pokémon in the future, I'll definitely have it wash your head clean. Maybe it can wash out enough yellow paint for art students to use for over ten years." Heath rolled his eyes. This guy was just too freakish. Heath was worried that his other Pokémon might be corrupted by this freak, Zorua.

After finishing the morning rush hour, Heath finally relaxed a bit, and then he saw a hunchbacked old man walking over.

"Heath... could you please give me a soft meal?" When the old man looked up, Heath realized that the old man in front of him was actually Grandpa Ma Zhide.

Heath was somewhat surprised. Usually, Grandpa Ma Zhide always had his back straight. Although he was old, he was still a very strong and upright old man. But why did he suddenly become hunchbacked?

"Soft food? Okay, just a moment..." Although Heath was puzzled, he nodded and began to prepare the food that Grandpa Ma Zhide wanted.

As usual, the rice I cooked this morning was used to make fried rice with eggs, along with chicken legs that had been braised for a long time. Except for the chicken leg bones, the meat in the other parts was already very tender. After it was done, Heath put it on a plate and planned to serve it to Grandpa Ma Zhide.

As soon as he stepped outside, Heath felt a damp chill, but the next second, he noticed a small box wrapped in a black cloth on the table where Grandpa Ma Zhide was sitting.

Heath opened his mouth, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

“Grandpa Ma Zhide, this is your fried rice with braised chicken leg… This is…” Heath gently placed it down. Grandpa Ma Zhide raised his head slightly. His back was still bent, and there were some bloodshot eyes in his eyes, as if he had been crying.

"Ape is gone. Joey did his best, but Ape's life force was depleted too much, and it still couldn't survive this spring." Grandpa Ma Zhide lowered his head, covered the box in front of him with his large hands, and slowly stroked it. His voice trembled slightly.

Hiss fell silent. The worst thing had happened. The Charizard that had fought alongside Grandpa Ma Zhide for so long, the Charizard that had grown so old that it had to eat soft food, was gone.

Although Heath knew from the beginning that Charizard's condition was very bad, Heath still sincerely hoped that Charizard could stay with its trainer for a while longer, enjoy its old age, and share these wonderful days and rare peaceful times together.

Heath looked at the box, which should be the urn containing Charizard's ashes. In the world of Pokémon, dead Pokémon are usually cremated, and their ashes are buried according to the circumstances.

There are actually Pokémon cemeteries in Viridian City, and almost every town has one. Sheath had heard Ash mention the cemetery in Pallet Town, where some Pokémon are buried. However, most people choose to take the Pokémon's ashes home to display.

The alliance also has a special cemetery for people like Mr. Ma Zhide.

“I… hiss… I plan to take Ah Pen to Ziyuan Town. When we were on a mission together, Ah Pen was seriously injured and on the verge of death. He said that if he died, he wanted to be buried in that tower in Ziyuan Town.” Old Master Ma Zhide lowered his head, his back was bent, and he seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight.

Heath looked at the frail old man. Back when Charizard was still by Grandpa Ma Zhide's side, Ma Zhide was a strong, resolute old man. Even in his advanced age, with countless hidden injuries, he still walked upright on the streets of Evergreen City. But…

Moreover, in Grandpa Ma Zhide's heart, Afen is no longer just a Pokémon, but a member of his family who accompanies him. When Grandpa Ma Zhide talks about Afen, he always uses "he" instead of "it".

“Such a big ah-pen... how... did it become so small in the end…” Ma Zhide’s hands trembled as he stroked the box in front of him. His body was shaking uncontrollably. Heath tried to open his eyes wide, but his vision was still blurry.

"Grandpa Ma Zhide, let me pack it in the box for you," Heath said softly, then quickly returned to the food cart, packed the already prepared fried rice and chicken leg into the takeout box, and carefully closed the lid.

Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander stood quietly in the dining car. The emotional Zorua was crying in the lounge, and Heath could hear Zorua's suppressed sobs.

After handing the meal to Grandpa Ma Zhide, Grandpa Ma Zhide shakily left with the urn containing the fire-breathing dragon's ashes. Heath looked at the hunched-over Ma Zhide and knew that this once indomitable old man might never straighten his back again.

Chapter 112 Recycling?

After Mr. Ma Zhide left with his hands behind his back, Heath sat silently in the food cart for a long time until the next guest arrived, at which point Heath stood up and began busily preparing food for the guest.

That's life. We always have to learn to say goodbye. But sometimes the moment of goodbye comes too suddenly and too hastily, leaving us no time to prepare. We have to face the saddest thing in the world, and only at this time do we realize how difficult it is to say goodbye.

Heath looked down at his hands. He used to prepare a freshly cooked rice dish just to make soft fried rice, and he would deliberately leave the braised chicken legs in the braising liquid for a few more days. But now, there was no need for that.

No one will ever laugh and tell him again about how A-Pen was chased by Caterpie throughout the entire Evergreen Forest.

"Trainer, what should I do if you die?" Zoroya looked at Hiss with teary eyes. Hiss was speechless. He thought Zoroya was going to ask what he would do if he died.

To my utter surprise, he said he was dead.

"Don't worry, if I really am going to die, I will definitely take you with me." Heath glared at Zoroya with annoyance, and the sad atmosphere was somewhat dispelled by Zoroya's interruption.

Farfetch'd quacked and laughed. Heath thought Farfetch'd was really peculiar. It always laughed like that, but when it spoke, it would say "green onion." It must have gotten into a habit.

Seeing the unhappy look on Soraya's face, Heath chuckled and ruffled her hair. Although the little one was sometimes mischievous and playful, with her head full of dirty thoughts, she was undeniably quite adorable.

"Aww~" The little dragon tugged at Heath's clothes and shook him. Heath turned his head and saw the little dragon looking at him seriously.

"What's wrong, Charmander? Do you need to change the equipment?" Heath asked Charmander. Heath was used to Charmander tugging at his clothes like this every time Charmander wanted to change equipment.

Charmander shook his head, then pointed to the muscles on his arm, and slowly clenched his fist, waving it in front of Heath.

Heath stared blankly at the little dragon. Did the little dragon mean that it had become much stronger now and had come to ask him if he had ever seen a fist as big as a casserole dish?

"Huo Huo said, has he become more powerful now?" Although Soloa seemed unwilling, considering that she could only provide this kind of service to Hiss to earn money, she still reluctantly translated.

"Yes, you've built up your muscles, so you've definitely become stronger. But you still need to keep training. Did you see Mr. Fujiyama? Mr. Fujiyama is what you call truly formidable." Heath nodded. Charmander's perseverance was indeed remarkable. Heath had never seen Charmander so dedicated before.

Charmander let out two happy cries, then ran back to continue its grueling workout, its muscles bulging and jiggling. This sight made Heath break out in a cold sweat; it was hard to imagine what Charmander would look like when it evolved into Charizard.

"Heath... do you have any food that's plentiful, filling, and cheap?" A weak voice came from inside. Heath paused for a moment, then looked outside and saw a tired-looking young man standing there.

"Xiao Gang? What's wrong with you?" Heath looked at Xiao Gang with some surprise. He really didn't expect Xiao Gang to be like this. He would have thought that Xiao Gang had gone to the red-light district to get a shampoo from a prostitute. But he guessed that Xiao Gang would not do such a thing, since there was no red-light district in Changqing City.

"Ugh, don't even mention it, I'm starving. This is all the money I have left. You can do whatever you want with it." Xiao Gang looked like he was about to die, then took out the crumpled banknotes from his pocket and handed them all to Heath. He then slumped down on the table and chair that Heath had prepared.

Heath's lips twitched. Why did Xiao Gang look like he'd been completely drained? Nevertheless, Heath took the money and looked at it. It was a total of eighteen dollars and fifty cents in Alliance coins.

Thinking of Xiao Gang's needs, Heath stroked his chin. This request was indeed a bit difficult. Eighteen yuan for a large and filling meal was not impossible in principle. Just add more rice and some vegetables, and that would be enough. However, Heath was a chef with high standards.

"Let's do it this way." Heath quickly made his decision.

Heath then scooped a large bowl of rice, put the bok choy into the boiling water to cook, and took out a braised chicken leg. She removed the bones, chopped the chicken meat, and spread it evenly over the rice.

Then take out the cooked bok choy and place it next to the chicken. Scoop up a spoonful of braising sauce and pour it evenly over the bok choy and chicken. A delicious, nutritious, and filling braised chicken leg rice is now ready.

"Your braised chicken leg rice, please enjoy." Heath took the chicken leg rice out, then went back to continue preparing her pickled vegetables. She hadn't finished these yet, and Heath felt she might have to do them for a while longer.

Then, the sound of Xiao Gang slurping his food came from outside, which puzzled Heath. What was wrong with Xiao Gang? Why was he so hungry? He looked like he hadn't eaten for days.

However, for someone who is extremely hungry, all talk of dining etiquette is meaningless. When people are extremely hungry, they are basically like this. Being particular about not making noise while eating is something only people who are not that hungry would pay attention to.

"Xiao Gang, what's wrong with you?" Heath put the pickled vegetables into the jar, put the lid on, poured water into it to seal it, and then stood up to ask.

Xiao Gang had already eaten most of his bowl of chicken leg rice, and was still eating quickly, showing no sign of stopping.

After Xiaogang finished eating, he finally raised his head looking exhausted. Although, in Heath's eyes, Xiaogang looked more like he was about to fall asleep, his squinty eyes were really too small.

"Sigh, I took Larva to eat, and Larva accidentally ate a big hole. Then we both fell in. It took us several days to find the exit. Luckily, I brought some enoki mushrooms and other snacks with me when I went out." Xiao Gang sighed, his face showing a look of unbearable recollection.

Heath's expression also turned strange. A bag of enoki mushrooms? Could it be recycled?

Chapter 113 Enoki Mushrooms

Enoki mushrooms, also known as "see you tomorrow," are generally indigestible by the human body, so they are usually eaten and then excreted.

Therefore, a joke appeared online, saying that a person was so poor that he had no money for food, so he bought a bag of enoki mushrooms and survived until payday. Heath thought this was pretty far-fetched and basically impossible.

Even if enoki mushrooms can't be absorbed, most of their nutrients have already been absorbed, so eating enoki mushrooms wouldn't be very useful.

So at that moment, when Heath heard Xiao Gang say that he had fallen into the hole with a bag of enoki mushrooms as a snack and was struggling to survive, he inevitably started to misunderstand.

"Didn't you bring your Pokédex?" Hiss looked at Brock strangely. Logically speaking, Brock, as the child of a Gym Leader, should be able to get a Pokédex. The Pokédex should have an SOS function set up. Even if it doesn't, using a cell phone to call for help would be a good idea.

"There's no signal... It took me ages to find my way out," Xiao Gang said wearily. Heath looked at Xiao Gang with pity; this guy was just too unlucky.

“But I found something very interesting in that cave.” Xiao Gang said with a mysterious expression, then took a fragment out of his pocket and handed it to Heath.

Heath took it with a puzzled look. It seemed to be a crystal shard, crystal clear and very beautiful. But crystals weren't worth much. Heath remembered seeing news reports of a very expensive item being auctioned off.

The gem of Diancie, a single gem sold for an astronomical price that left Heath speechless. Heath felt that he might never be able to afford that gem in his entire life.

"Isn't this crystal?" Heath asked blankly. It's just a piece of crystal. Even if it looks pretty good, there shouldn't be anything special about it.

"Hey, haven't you heard that rumor circulating among our Rock-type Pokémon trainers?" Brock widened his eyes, as if trying to prove that what he said was very credible.

Heath had a stomachache and didn't know if he should tell Xiao Gang. Every time Xiao Gang opened his eyes like that, he looked funny, which almost made Heath laugh. If it weren't for the fact that it would be impolite, Heath would have laughed out loud.

"What rumors?" Heath decided to change the subject, otherwise he was about to burst out.

"Rumor has it that there's a mutant Onix. It's an Onix, but its entire body is made of this crystal-clear material, and its properties seem to be different from ordinary Onix," Xiao Gang said seriously, and Heath paused for a moment.

He actually knew this; such an Onix had appeared in the anime before, named Crystal Onix. Moreover, Crystal Onix's attributes were indeed somewhat different. Heath remembered that Crystal Onix seemed to be afraid of fire, which proved that Crystal Onix's attributes were indeed different from those of ordinary Onix.

However, Heath remembers that Crystal Onix has never appeared in the game; Heath has only seen Crystal Onix in some modified Pokémon games made by himself.

"You mean the Crystal Onix?" Heath looked at the crystal in his hand. It did look similar in color to the Crystal Onix from the anime, but Heath remembered that the Onix shouldn't be near Evergreen City.

"Yes! You know it too, Heath. It's an extremely rare Pokémon. There have always been rumors about it, but no one has ever actually caught it! If I could catch it, my life would be complete." Heath smirked at Brock's infatuated expression. However, there are indeed some special Pokémon in the world of Pokémon.

However, for Xiao Gang, the Crystal Onix was obviously more appealing, but Heath couldn't quite remember where the Crystal Onix appeared in the anime.

That's normal, since those were all things from a long, long time ago. The only things Heath can remember are some major events and the latest theatrical release.

"Then you might as well hope that you can master Pokémon moves yourself." Heath thought of the movie he watched before he traveled back in time, where the people in the Pokémon world had started to act like humans.

Besides true newbies like Ash, now there are even people who can use Pokémon moves. Who knows what even more outrageous things might happen in the future?

"Impossible! Humans can't possibly master Pokémon moves. Professor Oak and a bunch of Pokémon professors have researched this!" Brock said with absolute certainty. Hiss smiled and said, "When Ash travels to that region in the future and meets the Mythical Pokémon Zarude, you won't say that anymore."

After returning the fragments to Xiao Gang, Xiao Gang left with a smile on his face. Heath was now free, having already prepared the pickled vegetables. All that was left was to wait for time to allow them to develop their proper flavor.

Once the pickles were ready, Heath felt he would be able to make even more delicious food.

"Trainer! Trainer! Are you going to the comic convention?" Zoroya excitedly grabbed Hiss's clothes, speaking rapidly.

Heath was stunned for a moment. What the heck?

"Comic convention? What comic convention?" Heath asked blankly. Although this world also has anime, the types of anime are rather strange. However, Heath had never attended a comic convention in this world before; you have to pay to get in here.

"This is it!" Zoroya excitedly handed a piece of paper to Heath, who took it curiously. It seemed to be an advertisement from the novel, stating that a comic convention would be held in Dark Grey City, where there would be many cosplayers, doujinshi booths, and limited edition doujinshi by the author.